Allan Sherman - Pop Hates The Beatles lyrics
rate mePop Hates The Beatles<br />
My daughter needs a new phonograph.<br />
She wore out all the needles.<br />
Besides, I broke the old one in half.<br />
I hate the Beatles.<br />
She says they have a Liverpool beat.<br />
She says they used to play there.<br />
Four nice kids from offa the street.<br />
Why didn't they stay there?<br />
What is all the screaming about?<br />
Fainting and swooning.<br />
Sounds to me like their guitars<br />
Could use a little tuning.<br />
The boys are from the British Empire.<br />
The British think they're keen.<br />
If that is what the British desire,<br />
God Save The Queen.<br />
No daughter of mine can push me around.<br />
In my home I'm the master.<br />
But when the British come into town,<br />
Gad, what a disaster.<br />
Little girls in sneakers and jeans.<br />
Destroyed the territory.<br />
'Twas like some of the gorier scenes<br />
From West Side Story.<br />
Of course my daughter had to go there.<br />
The tickets are cheap, she hollers.<br />
I was able to pick up a pair<br />
For forty-seven dollars.<br />
When the Beatles come on the stage,<br />
They scream and shriek and cheer them.<br />
Now I know why they're such a rage,<br />
It's impossible to hear them.<br />
Ringo is the one with the drum,<br />
The others all play with him.<br />
It shows you what a boy can become<br />
Without a sense of rhythm.<br />
There's Beatle books and T-shirts and rings,<br />
And one thing and another.<br />
To buy my daughter all of these things,<br />
I had to sell her brother.<br />
Back in 1776<br />
We fought the British then, folks.<br />
Parents of America,<br />
It's time to do it again, folks.<br />
When they come back, here's how we'll begin,<br />
We'll throw 'em in Boston harbor.<br />
But please, before we toss 'em all in,<br />
Let's take 'em to a barber
